The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-04
Ez8z1sk Ga, June 1. 1887.
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n 2nbRany eRe n az and 1oh NJ W Cg9
999rg' respectftlly khgN'H that they have care
isnE cotisideIed fne AaNfiuA passed at last meet
nag O Council asiertine report of committee re-
ldtlhS 10 wharf TOTS seven t9) eight 49, and niue
tsl, west of Bull street and the petition hereto
fore Med by these petitioners, and it is impossi-
pc lor them TO accept the terms offered by the
city, as to the amount SIS, 900 named in said re-
port, and they respectfully ask the said petition
heretofore filed be acted upon, and the prayer
thereof be granted upon the payment by these
petitioners OF an amount more nearly approach
ing the sum offered in said petition than the
sum named in said report, and that your petit
TONERS be permitted to appear before Council
upon this matter Respectfully,
The WILCOX & GIBBS GuANo COMPANY,
by Garrard &, Meldrim. attorneys
D. III NJ. CLlNCH AND T. NJ CUNNINGHAM, ex-
eeutols' by CHISHOLM & ERWIN, attorneys.
ORDINANCES.
Ordinance on its first reading, and by unani-
NOUS consent read second time placed upon
us passage and passed.
by Alderman Wells
AN ORDNANCE to grant lot No. 80 Charlton
ward TO the Wardens and Vestry of st. Johns
church on certain conditions
W HEREAs, On August l8, 1889 the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah granted to
the Wardens and VestIy of st. Johns church,
IN Savannah, the lot of land No. 81 Charlton
ward, city of Savannah, in trust for the use and
advantage of the society established in St
Joan's church called st. Johns Church Aid
society, for the purpose of building thereon a
ehurch, the sitting in which shall be always
Tree, and subject to the control and manage
ment OF ssid society. And further in trust that
the SAID Wardens and Nestry shall and will
convey the same, subject to the conditions
therein set out, in such manner as said society
by resolution directs.
AND WHEREAS Said grant was made on the
express condition that If said charity should
cease to exist, or it saidifnd should be appro-
Rriated to other purposespsaid land should i'm
Tn md i'm, hoo
erty of said city:
AND WHEREAS Said st. Johns Church Aid
Society erected on said lot number 30 Charlton
grant;
AND WHEREAS, Said society has found it adj
Wsable to remove said church from said lot num-
Der 81 Charlton ward to lot number 81 Galhe
ward;
AND WHEREAS Said lot number 81 Gallie ward
is TO be used and held for the same purposes as
said lot number 81 Charlton ward was to be held
under said grant made by the said the Mayor
ana Aldermen of the city of Savannah.
Now, then, the Mayor and Aldermen of the
city of Savannah, in council assembled, do
hereby ordain' that the title to said lot number
81 Charlton ward, city of Savannah be- and the
same is hereby granted to the Wardens andjVes-
try OF st, Johns church in Savannah in fee sim
pie, to be disposed of ana the proceeds thereof
used to purchase the lot number 81, Gallie ward
which shall be held for the Use and advantage of
the said st. Johns Aid Society for the same uses
and purposes as said lot number 30 Charlton
ward, in the city of Savannah, was held in and
under the grant made by the said Mayor and
Aldermen on Aug. Is, 1869.
Ordinance on its first reading, May %,
1887. and by unanimous consent read
second time, and on motion laid on the
table, taken from the table June /, 1887 amend
ed and passed.
AN ORDINANCE to amend article Tx of the Sa-
vannah City Code, adopted Feb. l6, 1870, so as
torequire all occupants of houses, merchants
shopkeeperS, grocers and tradesmen occupying
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keep within their premises a box or barrel of
sufficient size, In which shall be deposited all
otfal, filth, rubbish, dirt and other matter gen
Grated in said premises, or to put such box or
barrel in the streets or lanes under conditions
prescribed herein.
SECTION /. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah in Council
assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, That section of said
article be amended so as to read as follows The
owners. tenants or occupiers of houses having
Yards or enclosures and all occupants of houses
all merchants, shop-keepers, grocers and trades
men occupying premises to which no yards are
attached shall keep within their yards or
premises box or barrel of sufficient size in
which shall be deposited all the offal filth, rub
Dish, dirt and other matter generated in said
building and enclosure and the said filth of every
description as aforesaid shall be placed in said
box or barrel, from the first day Of April to the
first day of November before the hour of
O'Clock a. M, and from the first day of November
(inclusive) to the last day of March (inclusve)
before the hour OF O'Clock a. M, and such mat
ter so placed shall be daily removed Sundays
such places two miles at least
without the city as shall be designated by the
Mayor or majority of the Street and Lane
Committee And it shall be unlawful for any
occupant of house, merchant, shopkeeper
grocer or tradesman to sweep into or to deposit
in any street or lane of this city any paper
trash, or Rubbish of any kind whatsoever. but
the same shall be kept in boxes or barrels as
hereinbefore provided, for removal by the scav-
enger of the city Any person not having yard
may put the box or barrel containing the offal,
rubbish. etc, in the street or lane for removal
by the scavengar, provided the box or barrel so
put in the street Or lane shall be of such char
acter and size as to securely keep the offal, rub
bish, etc, from getting into the street or lane.
And any person other than the owner or scaven-
ger interfering with or troubling the box or bar
rel so put in the street lane shall be punished
on conviction thereof in the police court by fine
not exceeding 500 or Imprisonment not exceed
ing thirty days, either or both in the discretion
of officer presiding in said court.
BY Alderman Thomas
ReSosued, That the Committee on Streets and
Lanes and Lanes and Drainage be authorized to
employ suitable person to assist the City Sur
veyor and report their action to Council.
Adopted.
BY Alderman Myers
Resolved. That petition of Wilcox, Gibbs s. Co.
ct al. be granted and the sum fixed to be paid
for land south of wharf lots T. 8 and be $4,000,
and that the matter be referred to the Commit
tee on Streets and Lanes to perfect the agree
ment with the said parties.
Adopted.
Ayes-Aldern,en Thomas, Mills, Reid, Schwarz,
Haines Myers, Nichols and Wells1S.
Nays-Aldermen Bogart and Duncan-2
BY Alderman Wells
RESOLVED, That the Committee on Streets and
Lanes be instructed TO ascertain If the City
Scavenger will have all offal, garbage, etc, re-
moved on Sundays during months Of June,
July August and September.
Adopted.
MISCELLANEOUS
The following communication was received
from DR.. j. T. Mcfarland;
OFFICE HEALTH OFFICER
SAVANNAH, Ga, May 30 1887
Frdnk f. RebGrer, Esq Clerk Of Council;
SIR--At meeting of the Board of Sanitary
Commissioners, held this date. the Secretary
was directed to forward to honorable the City
Council of Savannah the following extract from
report of the Health Officer and resolution of
the board
/ Heath Officer beg to say that Aldermen
w. F. Reid stated to me on May 26th that it was
reported TO him by several persons that the
quarantine station of this port was being run TO
the benefit of the Tug Boat Company and n.
pauIsen & Co. ship chambers TO the detriment
and inconvenience of other citizens. Alderman
Reid declined to give me the names of his
authors = r This report Is direct
reflection against the integrity Of the executive
officer Of the quarantine department OF this
port and coming as IL does though an Alder
man of the city should be proven or disproven.
respectfully ask as a matter of Justice TO me-
that this board take immediate steps which will
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